diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pull.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/pull.yaml
index 0c4f15c..960a1e7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pull.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pull.yaml
@@ -38,16 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           /opt/poetry/bin/poetry run mypy .
       - name: Pytest & Calculate Coverage
-        env:
-          MINIO_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.MINIO_ENDPOINT }}
-          MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          MINIO_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.MINIO_SECRET_KEY }}
-          MONGO_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.MONGO_ENDPOINT }}
         run: |
-          echo "MINIO_ENDPOINT=${MINIO_ENDPOINT}" >> .env
-          echo "MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=${MINIO_ACCESS_KEY}" >> .env
-          echo "MINIO_SECRET_KEY=${MINIO_SECRET_KEY}" >> .env
-          echo "MONGO_ENDPOINT=${MONGO_ENDPOINT}" >> .env
           /opt/poetry/bin/poetry run coverage run -m pytest .
       - name: Coverage Report
         run: |
diff --git a/shared/repositories/tests/integration/conftest.py b/shared/repositories/tests/integration/conftest.py
index c759876..adba948 100644
--- a/shared/repositories/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/shared/repositories/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -33,15 +33,18 @@ random.seed(13)
 
 # define test environment variables
 necessary_env_vars = {
-    'MINIO_ENDPOINT',
     'MINIO_ACCESS_KEY',
     'MINIO_SECRET_KEY',
     'MONGO_ENDPOINT',
 }
 env_var_map = {
+    'MINIO_ENDPOINT': '192.168.1.2:9000',
+    'MINIO_ACCESS_KEY': '1rMQTezbALeJyOgAbYYE',
+    'MINIO_SECRET_KEY': 'O76GM756ybKYLFokZFJneaCoYwpaIbAlOdB7mcc0',
     'MINIO_BUCKET_NAME': 'test-bucket',
     'MINIO_OBJECT_NAME': 'test-object',
     'MINIO_IMAGE_NAME': 'test-image',
+    'MONGO_ENDPOINT': 'mongodb://192.168.1.2:27017/',
     'MONGO_DB': 'test-db',
     'MONGO_COLLECTION': 'test-collection',
 }
@@ -55,11 +58,6 @@ def setup_env(
     # load in optional local test environment variables
     test_env_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent / 'test.env'
     load_dotenv(test_env_path)
-    # load in optional CI environment variables
-    load_dotenv(os.getenv('GITHUB_ENV'))
-    # check if necessary env vars are set
-    for key in necessary_env_vars:
-        assert key in os.environ, f'{key} not set'
     # set testing env vars
     for key, val in env_var_map.items():
         # set env var